The Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya is the chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of the

Central Bank of Kenya The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) ( sw, Banki Kuu ya Kenya) is the monetary authority of Kenya. Its head office is located in Nairobi. CBK was founded by in 1966 after the dissolution of East African Currency Board (EACB). Dr. Patrick Ngugi Njoroge ...

. The current governor is

Patrick Ngugi Njoroge Patrick Ngugi Njoroge is a Kenyan economist, banker and the ninth governor of the Central Bank of Kenya. Background and education Njoroge was born in Kakuma, Kenya, . His father was an official in the education department and his mother was a te ...

, who was nominated by

Uhuru Kenyatta Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. Kenyatta was chosen by Daniel Arap Moi as his preferred successor, but Kenyatta was defeated by opposition le ...

, the

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, on 2 June 2015. After vetting by the parliamentary committee on Finance, Trade and Planning on 17 June 2015, he was approved by the

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on 18 June 2015.

Governors of the Central Bank of Kenya

The following individuals have served as governor since the institution was founded in 1966.

References

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